Strive for a safe product from coal ash

12:35 PM,
Feb. 5, 2014

Written by

Edward Solomon Lipinsky, Fairview

Chemists in Poland have demonstrated that coal ash could be converted into glassy products. The toxic heavy metals in the ash become part of the glass. They do not leach into water. Instead, they make the glass more durable. The results have been supported by workers in Turkey. Google users can see the articles for themselves. Go to "coal ash vitrification." I suggest that Duke Energy Progress make this safe, valuable product from its ash instead of dumping it ...